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More than 2,400 Penn State students received degrees at ceremonies held Aug. 16 at the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus. Penn State expects to award more than 3,100 diplomas University-wide during summer commencement ceremonies held throughout the weekend at locations around Pennsylvania.

Image: Patrick Mansell

New graduates celebrate summer commencement

August 18, 2014

New graduates celebrate summer commencement

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- This summer Penn State awarded 3,142 diplomas to students University-wide who are completing 202 associate, 1,773 baccalaureate, 889 master’s, six law degrees and 272 doctoral degrees, bringing the University’s number of graduates to an estimated total of more than 742,145.

Penn State graduate Samantha Wychock received her degree in education followed by a special surprise when her husband, Airman Michael Wychock, appeared from behind a curtain to greet her. Michael is deployed overseas with the United States Air Force and traveled seventeen hours to surprise his wife on her special day.

Graduates in Penn State's College of Health and Human Development posed for a 'selfie' prior to commencement ceremonies held Aug. 16 at the Bryce Jordan Center. More than 3,000 students are expected to receive Penn State diplomas at commencement ceremonies throughout the Penn State system.

The traditional mace, symbol of the President's authority, led the academic procession into the Bryce Jordan Center for 2014 summer commencement ceremonies on Aug. 16. Associate University Marshall Sherry L. Roush carried the mace, carved from the newel post of the original Old Main.

Tajuana Sebens posed for photos with members of her family following summer commencement ceremonies at Penn State's University Park campus on Aug. 16. Sebens received her bachelors degree in business administration during ceremonies held at the Bryce Jordan Center.

More than 2,400 Penn State students received degrees at ceremonies held Aug. 16 at the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus. Penn State expects to award more than 3,100 diplomas University-wide during summer commencement ceremonies held throughout the weekend at locations around Pennsylvania.

Image: Patrick Mansell

Graduates, their families and the Penn State community shared their graduation celebrations through social media using the hashtag #PSUgrad.